Broken stem...

Ed of Somis · July 28, 2013

Unfortunately, I have determined that my performance tying up and supporting branches and fruit...has been poor. I have been playing catch-up with this issue all season. This is my first season of getting serious with tomatoes. I have erected 6' T posts and stretched twine between. I missed tying one big branch...and it snapped today. It is hanging by about 1/3 of it's diameter after I taped it together tightly with garden tape. The leaves are withered. Is this branch history? I need to develop a better system next year. Maybe 6" concrete wire between T posts???

July 28, 2013	#1
Ed of Somis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Somis, Ca Posts: 649	Broken stem... Unfortunately, I have determined that my performance tying up and supporting branches and fruit...has been poor. I have been playing catch-up with this issue all season. This is my first season of getting serious with tomatoes. I have erected 6' T posts and stretched twine between. I missed tying one big branch...and it snapped today. It is hanging by about 1/3 of it's diameter after I taped it together tightly with garden tape. The leaves are withered. Is this branch history? I need to develop a better system next year. Maybe 6" concrete wire between T posts???